Transformation of the African American Intelligentsia, 1880–2012

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Transformation of the African American Intelligentsia, 1880–2012 is written by Martin Kilson and published by Harvard University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0674416414 (ISBN 10) and 9780674416413 (ISBN 13).

After Reconstruction, African Americans found themselves largely excluded from politics, higher education, and the professions. Martin Kilson explores how a modern African American intelligentsia developed amid institutionalized racism. He argues passionately for an ongoing commitment to communitarian leadership in the tradition of Du Bois.